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Article: A school-based fusion of East and West: a case study of modern curriculum innovations in a Chinese kindergarten
Title | A school-based fusion of East and West: a case study of modern curriculum innovations in a Chinese kindergarten |
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Keywords | Chinese kindergarten Chinese philosophy Curriculum innovation Doctrine of the Mean school-based curriculum development |
Issue Date | 2018 |
Publisher | Routledge. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/00220272.asp |
Citation | Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2018, v. 50 n. 1, p. 17-37 How to Cite? |
Abstract | School-based curriculum innovations have been widely implemented in Chinese kindergartens since the turn of the new millennium. However, in the absence of professional guidance, Chinese kindergartens have been forced to ‘ride a blind horse’ when developing curriculum. The aim of this study was to understand the nature of and mechanisms underlying school-based curriculum (SBC) development (SBCD) in an informative kindergarten in southern China from the sociocultural-historical perspective. Data obtained from interviews, observations and document analysis were triangulated to determine why and how curriculum innovations had taken place and the nature of the curriculum introduced. Evidence suggested that (1) SBCD in the Chinese kindergarten under study was a dynamic process undertaken in four main stages: imitation, absorption, integration, and evaluation; (2) the resulting SBC was a comprehensive and sophisticated curricular system balancing child-centred and teacher-directed pedagogies and hybridising Eastern and Western curricula; and (3) SBCD in the kindergarten under study was guided by Chinese philosophy (highlighting balance and harmony), which offers a valuable perspective on recent curriculum changes in Chinese kindergartens. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings were discussed. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/242810 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 2.3 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.962 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Yang, W | - |
dc.contributor.author | Li, H | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-08-25T02:45:38Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2017-08-25T02:45:38Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2018, v. 50 n. 1, p. 17-37 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0022-0272 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/242810 | - |
dc.description.abstract | School-based curriculum innovations have been widely implemented in Chinese kindergartens since the turn of the new millennium. However, in the absence of professional guidance, Chinese kindergartens have been forced to ‘ride a blind horse’ when developing curriculum. The aim of this study was to understand the nature of and mechanisms underlying school-based curriculum (SBC) development (SBCD) in an informative kindergarten in southern China from the sociocultural-historical perspective. Data obtained from interviews, observations and document analysis were triangulated to determine why and how curriculum innovations had taken place and the nature of the curriculum introduced. Evidence suggested that (1) SBCD in the Chinese kindergarten under study was a dynamic process undertaken in four main stages: imitation, absorption, integration, and evaluation; (2) the resulting SBC was a comprehensive and sophisticated curricular system balancing child-centred and teacher-directed pedagogies and hybridising Eastern and Western curricula; and (3) SBCD in the kindergarten under study was guided by Chinese philosophy (highlighting balance and harmony), which offers a valuable perspective on recent curriculum changes in Chinese kindergartens. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings were discussed. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Routledge. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/00220272.asp | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Curriculum Studies | - |
dc.rights | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in Journal of Curriculum Studies on 16 Feb 2017, available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00220272.2017.1294710 | - |
dc.subject | Chinese kindergarten | - |
dc.subject | Chinese philosophy | - |
dc.subject | Curriculum innovation | - |
dc.subject | Doctrine of the Mean | - |
dc.subject | school-based curriculum development | - |
dc.title | A school-based fusion of East and West: a case study of modern curriculum innovations in a Chinese kindergarten | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Li, H: huili@hkucc.hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Li, H=rp00926 | - |
dc.description.nature | postprint | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/00220272.2017.1294710 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85013032179 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 274123 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 50 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 1 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 17 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 37 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000429105800002 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0022-0272 | - |